Fateful Triangle

4.4 Israeli Provocations and the U.S. Response ............3464.5 The Pretext for the Invasion of Lebanon ..................3494.6 The Reasons for the Invasion of Lebanon................3524.6.1 The Imperatives of Rejectionism...............................3524.6.2 Achieving National Unity.....................................3694.6.3 A New Order in Lebanon .....................................3714.7 The Green Light from Washington ..........................3745. War is Peace .................................................................3805.1 Extermination of the Two-Legged Beasts.................3815.2 Beirut: Precision Bombardment ..............................3925.3 Caring for the Victims: Prisoners, Patients, Refugees........................................................................................3995.4 The Grand Finale ...................................................4196. The Taste of Victory........................................................4226.1 The Victors.............................................................4226.2 The Liberated.........................................................4236.3 Israelis ...................................................................4366.4 The American Scene...............................................4547. The Critique of the Media................................................4837.1 The American Media ..............................................4837.2 The “Broad-scale Mass Psychological War” againstIsrael ................................................................................4967.3 The Israeli Media ...................................................5098. The Image Problem ........................................................5128.1 In Lebanon.............................................................5128.2 Solving the Problem ...............................................5158.2.1 Extraordinary Humanitarian Efforts ...........................5158.2.2 Flowers and Rice ................................................5218.2.3 “The Biggest Hijacking in History”.......................5308.3 The Image of the Fighters.......................................5358Classics in Politics: The Fateful TriangleNoam Chomsky